Intellectual Property
A Career in Intellectual Property Law
If you are thinking about Intellectual Property as an area of practice, you are preparing for internships or permanent placements in the following settings:
- Small, midsize, or large law firm
- Corporate legal department
- Government agencies such as the U. S. Patent & Trademark Office or U.S. Copyright Office
- Public policy research organization (e.g. the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Public Citizen, the Center for Democracy & Technology)
You may do any of the following in practice:
- Assist clients in securing intellectual property (“IP”) rights in their artistic, literary, scientific or technical creations
- Enforce clients’ IP rights against others using litigation and other dispute resolution processes
- Negotiate business transactions to sell, license, or otherwise exploit IP rights
- Counsel clients by providing opinions relating to procuring IP rights, invalidating IP assets, and avoiding infringement of IP assets, especially in the corporate transactions context
- Engage in policy research and advocacy on IP and related issues
Students pursuing this Path to Practice should consider taking courses from the Business Law and Civil Litigation/Dispute Resolution Paths to Practice.
Read more about course recommendations for the Immigration Law Path to Practice below:
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You should take the following foundational course as early as possible:
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You should take at least 2 of the following intermediate courses:
- Copyright Law LAW 660
- International Intellectual Property
- Patent Law LAW 639
- Trademark Law LAW 853
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You should take at least two of the following related courses:
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You should take at least two of the following capstone or skills courses:
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For more information regarding this Path to Practice, contact Dean Horace Anderson